Huvadhoo Aid in 2010

Written by: Ahmed Ameez Assitant Executive Director About us

Huvadhoo Aid (Former Hoadedhdhoo Association for Development) is a non-governmental, youth organization located in Gaaf Dhaal Atoll. HAD was founded in 1987 as Hoadedhdhoo Zuvananunge Jamiyya and then renamed to Hoadedhdhoo Association for Development in 1997 following restructuring. HAD‟s mission is to achieve rural socio-economic development of youth, women, disabled people and the community, as well as to increase active citizenship and civic participation, strengthen civil society organizations, promote responsible governance, and improve the image of the Maldives throughout the world. HAD also believes that good democratic, equitable governance and a prosperous society can be built only through achieving constructive civic participation. With the outstanding dvelopment of HAD the restructing process continued to move towards a third generation NGO. With the change of motive scope of programmes, targeted benificiaries the name has changed to Huvadhoo Aid from 3 May 2010. The Restructuring process is in progress. Under the process HAD volunteers Co had been established .

HAD primarily works to improve the quality of life for Huvadhu atoll population, especially, youth, women, and the disabled. Thus, consultations with local government officials, the Island Development Committee, the Women‟s Development Committee, civil society organizations, and the local community are ongoing to develop and jointly implement projects that address community needs. Additionally, HAD‟s other target groups – with which they primarily work on capacity building – are other civil society organizations and local communities throughout the southernmost atolls of the Maldives.

HAD is an entirely volunteer-run organization with a total of 273 members. The 13 person executive committee is democratically elected by other members of the organization and is supported by local, national, and foreign volunteers. HAD‟s organizational structure encourages leadership, but is also horizontally integrated to allow for members to flexibly interact for holistic problem solving. To effectively manage multiple projects and its expanding membership, HAD is divided into six units managed by executive board members, which are: programme development, project implementation unit, youth and sports development, finance and administration, HAD Biz, and the Male office. Additionally, the executive committee and other volunteers meets at least once a month to discuss socio-economic development issues, social issues, gender issues, and environment issues, and any other relevant community, regional, or national project(s) being undertaken.

HAD is an extremely active organization that maintains, develops, and undertakes multiple projects holistically and simultaneously. To successfully achieve its mission and objectives, HAD runs programs and projects in the areas of environment, employment, education, and healthcare.

Huvadhoo Aid in 2010 © Ahmed Ameez, Asst Executive Director www.huvadhoo aid.org Programmes Life Skills Programme to grade 10 students of Hoadedhdhoo School

Hoadedhoo Association for Development had conducted a life skills session to Grade 10 students of Hoadedhoo School in collaboration with Hoadedhdhoo School. The program aimed to aware students about the life skills they need to face the challenges in day to day life such as decision making, critical thinking, empathy etc.

At the opening speech by HAD‟s Assistant Director Youth and Sports Mr. Muaz Mohamed said that HAD‟s objective is to change the youth‟s attitude towards moderate thinking and youth participation in all aspects of development in the society. He also emphasized on HAD‟s objective in contributing to the government‟s goal of holistic education.

The session was held at Main Hall of Hoadedhdhoo School in which students presented role plays of different life skills. The session was facilitated by HAD‟s Director General Mr. Ahmed Ameez

Huvadhoo Aid in 2010 © Ahmed Ameez, Asst Executive Director www.huvadhoo aid.org Seminar to aware people on decentralisation and get public opinion on the proposed decentralisation bill to the People’s Majlis

Hoadedhoo Association for Development (HAD) in collaboration with Maldives Youth Action Network (MYAN) had conducted a seminar to aware people on decentralization and get public opinion on the proposed decentralizatio n bill to the People‟s Majlis. In the opening speech by HAD‟s Director General Mr. Ahmed Ameez said that the role of NGOs is vital in democratization process and NGOs can act as a link to deliver the pulse of people and their opinions on various issues to the government and parliamentarians. The first session was on importance of decentralization for the rural development and the session was facilitated by HAD‟s Executive director Mr. Imad Mohamed. Imad emphasized on elements of decentralization, types of decentralization, levels of decentralization and challenges to rural development. He said that decentralization will bring positive changes to the islands and atolls.

The second session was aimed to get public opinion on various articles in the proposed decentralization bill to the parliament. The session mainly focused on island councils, atoll councils and local council authority. People presented at the seminar expressed their views and suggestions on various articles in the bill. This session was facilitated by HAD‟s Assistant Executive Director Mr. Mohamed Mauroof.

After the sessions facilitators answered the questions by the participants. The opinions and suggestions acquired from the seminar will be passed on to the parliamentarians.

Huvadhoo Aid in 2010 © Ahmed Ameez, Asst Executive Director www.huvadhoo aid.org Meeting with NGOs based in Nadella

Hoadedhoo Association for Development had conducted a meeting with NGOs based in the island of Nadella. In the meeting HAD shared the process of forming a Sports Association of Hoadedhoo (SAH) and the organizational structure of the Sports Association. HAD‟s Executive Director Mr. Imad Mohamed said that the current government‟s policy is to establish sports associations at island and atoll levels and urged the NGOs of Nadella to

form a sports Association in Nadella. In addition to this information was also collected on challenges to free and fair elections and the role of NGOs to overcome these challenges. After the meeting HAD‟s Executive Director started the special volley ball match organised by Nadella island Development Society(NIDS) to mark the international women‟s day.

Go Hoadedhdhoo Friendship Camp 2010

Hoadedhdhoo Assocciation for Dvelopment had conducted “Go Hoadedhdhoo Fiendship Camp” in association with Maldives Youth Action Network form 16 – 17 April 2010. The camp intended to bring the NGOs based in Huvadhoo Atoll to a common platform and share each other‟s knowledge and experience to bring a positive change to our communities. In addition it aimed to boost the capacity of NGOs through capacity building sessions and aware youth leaders on environment and climate change The camp was inaugurated by the Vice president of the Maldives Dr. Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik. He

Huvadhoo Aid in 2010 © Ahmed Ameez, Asst Executive Director www.huvadhoo aid.org highlighted that today‟s youth are tomorrow‟s leaders and it is important to empower and build a healthy youth and more programs should be conducted to the youth by the NGOs. Deputy State Minister of Home affairs Mr. Mohamed Shareef also spoke in the briefing session of the camp and said that he hope that the camp would enhance a resolution on challenges to youth and others challenges to the islands and that resolution would be sent to the Upper South Province Office. Two NGOs from Hoadedhdhdoo, Hoadedhdhoo School, Hoadedhdhoo Health Centre, two NGOs from Thinadhoo, Thinadhoo Police Satiation and two NGOs from Nadella participated which totaled to 40 participants. Sessions on environment, Police business plan, Strategic Planning and Proposal Writing were conducted. Apart from these sessions a night fishing trip and volleyball match between participants from other islands and participants from Hoadedhdhoo was an important part of the Camp. The most important part of the camp was the Youth Forum which was a summarized views and suggestions on all the challenges and problem discussed in previous sessions taken. Main areas discussed in the Youth Forum were environmental problems, police Service, Challenges to Youth in Upper South Province and challenges to free and fair elections. The suggestions and views will be formulated as a resolution and will be sent to the respective government offices. After the forum certificates were given to the participants and HAD‟s Executive Director Mr. Imad Mohamed thanked all the participants and specially the organizing partners.

“I choose to know my rights” – Civic Education workshop in Hoadedhdhoo

Transparency Maldives had conducted a workshop in Hoadedhoo in association with Hoadedhdhoo Association for Development. The workshop was the part of the “I choose to know my rights” project carried out by Transparency Maldives. Sessions on human rights, sysetems of governance and government of the Maldives and responsibilities of citizen‟s and civil society to rectify things. 13 Students of grade 10 , 3 teachers and 9 participants from NGOs participated in the workshop. Sessions were facilitated by the experts in the relative field from Transparency Maldives and president‟s office. Certificates were given to the participants by Hoadedhoo Association for Development‟s Director General Mr. Ahmed Ameez

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Children’s day and Family day colorfully celebrated in Hoadedhdhoo

World Children‟s day and Family day had colorfully celebrated in Hoadedhdhoo on 15th May 2010. Gaaf Dhaal Family and Children‟s Service Centre organized the events in association with NGOs and government institutions in Hoadedhdhoo. Huvadhoo Aid, Hoadedhdhoo Island Development Society, Katolla Boduberu Group, AS Pre School, Hoadedhdhoo School and Hoadedhdhoo School PTA actively engaged in organizing the events. The celebrations unveiled at 7:30 am in the morning. Hoadedhdhoo Island Councillor Mr. Mohamed Ayaz started the celebrations followed by a special walk. A large number of children and parents participated in the walk holding message boards and carrying banners. The walk which started from the jetty area ended at the football ground. Different games were played in the football ground which was opened to all the age groups. Hoadedhdhoo School PTA kept a “gaadiyaa” (a shopping cart) and a donation box in the football ground to raise funds for PTA.

The most important part of the celebration was the children‟s evening where NGOs and government institutions made stalls. Deputy state ministers of Upper South Province accompanied by staffs of Upper South Province office visited the children‟s evening. Different games and activities were conducted in various stalls. Apart from the stalls, stage activities took place like dances and drama. The largest cake baked ever in Hoadedhdhoo was cut in the event by Deputy State Minister of Upper South Province Mr. Mohamed Shareef. There was a special evening tea opened to all at the end of the event

Huvadhoo Aid in 2010 © Ahmed Ameez, Asst Executive Director www.huvadhoo aid.org Sustainably Developing Public Spaces in Hoadedhdhoo project agreement officially signed

The agreement of Sustainably Developing Public Spaces in Hoadedhdhoo project had been officially signed. The agreement between the Island office and Huvadhoo Aid was signed in the special signing ceremony which took place on 15th May 2010. The signing ceremony was held in the children‟s evening event which was held in the jetty area. Mr. Mohamed Mauroof , the assistant Executive Director of Huvadhoo Aid signed on behalf of Huvadhoo Aid and Mr. Mohamed Ayaz, the island councilor signed on behalf of Haodedhdhoo Office. Deputy state minister of Upper South Province and the Director General of the Upper South province office were also presented at the signing ceremony. After the signing ceremony Mr. Mohamed Ayaz spoke on the significance of developing public spaces and thanked Huvadhoo Aid for the implementation of the project. Mr. Mohamed Mauroof highlighted that today‟s children are tomorrow‟s leaders and we need to create a safe and healthy environment to bring them up with social values. He also spoke on the efforts taken by Huvadhoo Aid( Former Hoadedhdhoo Association for Development) in the development of Hoadedhdhoo and future programmes of Huvadhoo Aid. Sustainably developing public spaces in Hoadedhdhoo comprises of a community park, green area, multi- purpose stage and developing sports courts. Half of the cost of the project is funded by the government and the other half funded by Huvadhoo Aid and project partners. After the signing of the agreement there was a signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Huvadhoo Aid and Maldives Youth Action Network (MYAN) for MYAN to assist Huvadhoo Aid financially to cover the cost bearded by Huvadhoo Aid. MR. Mohamed Mauroof from Huvadhoo Aid and Mr. Ahmed Ameez , the acting Vice President of MYAN signed the MOU

Huvadhoo Aid in 2010 © Ahmed Ameez, Asst Executive Director www.huvadhoo aid.org South Huvadhoo Civil Society dialogue on Environment and Climate Change

Huvadhoo Aid is conducted an atoll level environment forum to be held on 5th June 2010 in Hoadedhdhoo to mark the international environment day.

]”The South Huvadhoo Civil Society Dialogue on Environment and Climate change” intends to enhance and empower the civil society activists to take the initiative to protect the environment and fight against climate change at individual and organizational level. We believe that every one of us have to take the initiative to see positive change of greening the globe. After all be the change you want to see in the world. Members from various NGOs in South Huvadhoo atoll participated in the forum and officials from government institutions participated as observers . NGO Representatives presented island papers on environment situation of their respective islands. A plan of action was formulated by the participants and the NGOs will be implementing it.

The Just Campaign

„Insaaf‟ or „Just‟ is a campaign by 12 NGOs (Maldivian Democracy Network (MDN), Madulu, Maldives Aid, Strength of Society, Rights For All, Huvadhoo Aid, Huvadhoo Association for National Development, Maldives Youth Action Network, Nadella Island Development Society, Maldives NGO Federation, Society for Women Against Drugs and Journey) to urge the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to review its criteria for re-appointing Judges under Article 285 of the Constitution. Huvadhoo Aid carried out a successful campaignn and more than 300 people signed in the petition.

Huvadhoo Aid in 2010 © Ahmed Ameez, Asst Executive Director www.huvadhoo aid.org Huvadhoo Aid Civil Society Partnership Programme 2010

Strengthening the NGO sector and the role of civil society being one of the strategic objective of the organisation, we have started Huvadhoo Aid Civil society partnership programme to render financial assistance to the NGOs. Under this programme we had assisted NGOs of Huvadhoo Atoll and Addu Atoll in 2009.

In order to strengthen the programme and enhance the transparency we have opened the request for proposal to all interested NGOs. Under this programme we assist to the NGOs implementing the projects under joint partnership with Huvadhoo Aid

Under the programme ,Training minimum of 75 people in basic fabric painting project to be implemented by the organisation is opened for NGOs to implement under joint partnership with Huvadhoo Aid.

Huvadhoo Aid signs MOU with Sports Asociation of Hoadedhdhoo

Huvadhoo Aid signed MOU with Sports Association of Hoadedhdhoo. The Ceremony was held at Huvadhoo Aid administrative office. The purpose of the MOU is to collaborate in the development of the sport facilities and technical assistance and providing sports equipments to Sports Association of Hoadedhdhoo.

MOU was signed by Mr. Mohamed Ayaz, Acting Vice Chair Person of Sports Association of Hoadedhdhoo and Assistant Executive Director of Huvadhoo Aid Mr. Mohamed Mauroof Executive board members of both the organizations and youth of Hoadedhdhoo attended the ceremony. Enhancing Development through Volunteerism Programme

Huvadhoo Aid had started “Enhancing Development through volunteerism” programme to recruite volunteers from abroad to various sectors for the development of Huvadhoo atoll Under this programme a football coach from England had been provided to Sports Association of Hoadedhdhoo for the Football Coaching Camp. He had also conducted Physical Education classes for primary grade students of Hoadedhdhoo School.

Huvadhoo Aid in 2010 © Ahmed Ameez, Asst Executive Director www.huvadhoo aid.org National Certificate 3 in Electrician Course

National Certificate 3 in Electrician course conducted by Huvadhoo Aid under TVET programme is being successfully completed. The course was held in Huvadhoo Aid Seminar Room . The course was aimed to equip the youth of Huvadhoo atoll with Technical and vocational skills . Qualified Instructors took the sessions in the course. Out of 28 participants from Huvadhoo Atoll 24 participants secured the competency of Certificate 3.

Basic Fabric Painting Course in Nadella

Basic Fabric Painting course had been sucessfully conductedv in Nadella. The course was inaugurated by Mr. Mohamed Mauroof, Aassistant Executive Director of Huvadhoo Aid. Nadella Islan Development Society (NIDS) conducted the course under funding by Huvadhoo Aid. The funding was granted under the Huvadhoo Aid Civil Society Partnership programme. Huvadhoo Aid is assisting the NGOs based in Huvadhoo atoll financially and technically. More partnership projects in different islands of Huvadhoo atoll will take place in the future.

Huvadhoo Aid Civic Education Programme – Hoadedhdhoo, Nadella and Fiyoary

Huvadhoo Aid Civic Education Programme had begun.The programme was launched on the International Day of Democracy. A session on democracy had been conducted for grade 10 students of Hoadedhdhoo School to mark the International day of Democracy. The session was held at Huvadhoo Aid seminar room. Under the programme sessions on democracy, free and fair elections and challenges to free and fair elections had been conducted in the island of Nadella on 16th September 2010. The sessions were conducted in collaboration with Nadella Island Development Society(NIDS) , Nadella Ekuveringe Rooh(NER) and Nadella Zuvaanunge Rooh(NZR). Grade 10 students of Nadella School and youth participated in the sessions conducted at Nadella School. The same sessions were also conducted in Fiyoary on 17th September 2010 in collaboration with Fiyoary Ekuveri Zuvaanunge Club. Under the programme sessions will be conducted in other islands of Huvadhoo Atoll as well.

Huvadhoo Aid in 2010 © Ahmed Ameez, Asst Executive Director www.huvadhoo aid.org South Huvadhoo Boat Conference on Environment and Climate change 10-10-10, Hoadedhdhoo

Huvadhoo Aid conducted „South Huvadhoo Boat Conference on Environment and Climate Change‟. The conference was held at Hoadedhdhoo Lagoon in small boats. The conference was inaugurated by the Deputy State Minister Upper South Province Mr. Mohamed Shareef. G.Dh Atoll councilor Mr. Mohamed Hassan Didi also participated in the conference. Three papers were discussed in the conference. The papers were role of citizens in protecting environment, role of NGOs in protecting environment and role of government in protecting environment. The conference was winded up by signing the resolution which included 10 demands to the government and international community.

Link Madaveli Campaign

In intention of enforcing the government to link the islands Madaveli and Hoadedhdhoo by a sand bridge and reclaim the land for the people of Madavli the southern lagoon of Madaveli, Huvadhoo Aid had started a campaign named as “ Link Madavli Campaign”. The Campaign was inaugurated by G.Dh Atoll Councillor Mr. Mohamed Hassan Didi. A special blog for this campaign was launched in the ceremony. The url of this blog is www.linkmadavali.com . Under this campaign more events will take place.

Ratufihaara Mas Race 2010

The Second Ratufihaara Mas Race had been conducted as apart of Al-Luha Eid celebrations 2010. Ratu Fihaara Mas Race (Fishing Competition) was started 2009 to open a door for fishermen, youth and kids to compete in a fishing competition. The compettition comprises of three categories namely, Dhoani Category, Dinghy category and jetty category. “Ratu Fihaara”( One of the best Retail shop in Hoadedhdhoo) is the main sponsor if this competition. This year apart from our main sponsor we also had a co - sponsor “Kailaan”( famous retail shop in Male‟). Cash prizes and valuable prizes from Ratufihaara had been awarded to the champions of each category.

Huvadhoo Aid in 2010 © Ahmed Ameez, Asst Executive Director www.huvadhoo aid.org HAD Teen Futsal Tournament 2010

The annual Teen Futsal tournament conducted by Huvadhoo Aid had been completed. The tournament which take place in the annual school holidays aims to improve the footballing skills of teenagers at the same time targeting to socialise the teenagers to promote the leadership. This year a total of five teams competed in the tournament and matches were played in the league system. With maximum points Beerafanna Sports Club and the second maximum points FC Benfica played in the final match. Beerafnna defeated FC Benifica by and Beerafanna Sports Club was crowned as the Champions of the tournament for the first time. Ali Hassan of FC Benfica was named as the player of the tournament.

Empowering Youth Human Rights NGOs Workshop

Huvadhoo Aid had conducted Empowering Human Rights Work Shop. Participants from the NGOs based in Hoadedhdhoo and other Islands of Huvadhoo Atoll participated in the two day workshop conducted in Huvadhoo Aid Seminar Room. The sessions in the first day focused on Basics of Human rigts, Human Rights Commission of the Maldives, International conventions, role of NGOs in mainstreaming human rights. The session on the second day of the workshop covered the capacity building of NGOs like strategic planning, project management, Financial management and proposal writing. This workshop is the part of the “Empowering Youth Human Rights NGOs project funded by AusAID

Huvadhoo Aid in 2010 © Ahmed Ameez, Asst Executive Director www.huvadhoo aid.org Participation in Trainings, Camps , Conferences and Forums Participation in awareness on constitution programme

Ten members of Hoadedhdhoo Association for Development took part in the Awareness on Constitution program conducted by Maldives Detainee Network in collaboration with Huvadhoo Association for National Development(HAND).

Two sessions which were held at Misbaahul Hudhaa School emphasized on Chapter 2 of the Constitution “Fundamental rights and Freedoms” Participants presented role plays related to various rights to the people and facilitators answered the questions asked by the participants.

Exexutive Director addresses in the WORLD PEACE CONFERENCE 2010 Kochi, India

The Executive Director of Hoadedhoo Association for Development(HAD) had addressed in the World Peace Conference in Kochi, India organized by Rotary International (Rotary District 3201), India in association with International Council of Social Welfare(ICSW). The conference was inaugurated by Kerala Governor Hon‟ble Gavai.

Imad spoke on the topic “Building Bridges for Peace-Imparting Leadership” In this regard he spoke on how HAD defines peace building and the peace building approach HAD employs to successfully attain the goals of the organization. Speaking on HAD‟s strength to bring individuals, civil society organizations, businesses, government officials, and international supporters together he highlighted successful programmes such as Huvadhoo Atoll Climate Change Action Campaign & Lagoon Conference and Walk Maldives.

Huvadhoo Aid in 2010 © Ahmed Ameez, Asst Executive Director www.huvadhoo aid.org He also said that the primary means in which HAD forges these collaborative relationships is through open, honest communication and dialogue which enables every peace building activity . Highlighting on this he spoke on how HAD carries out the communication. After the speech he answered to the questions posed by the participants

South Asian Youth Camp 2010 – Pune India

Members from Hoadedhdhoo Association for Development(HAD) and Maldives Youth Action Network (MYAN) had participated from Maldives in the South Asian Youth Camp held in Pune from 1 February 2010 to 5 February 2010. The camp which was organised by the Centre for Youth Development and Activities (CYDA) intended to bring youth of different South Asian countries together to discuss diversity, gender, democracy, good governance and environment.55 youngsters from India, Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal Bhutan, Afghanistan and Mauritius participated in the camp. The camp was inaugurated by the honorable Mayor of Pune Mr. Mohan Singh Raajpal. Acting Vice President of MYAN and HAD‟s Director General Mr. Ahmed Ameez spoke on behalf of all youth participants in the inaugural ceremony . In his speech he mentioned about the role of youth in the development and reforms in the society. He highlighted the example of the role of youth in bringing a modern democracy to the country by bringing an end to a 3 decade dictatorship.

The camp comprised of skills building workshops held throughout the camp where participants were divided into four groups namely film making, newsletter making, theater and dancing. In addition to this Sessions on diversity, democracy, civil society, global warming and role of media were conducted which were facilitated by the experts of the field. At the visit to the MIT School of government Ahmed Ameez spoke on the challenges in consolidating democracy in the Maldives.

Huvadhoo Aid in 2010 © Ahmed Ameez, Asst Executive Director www.huvadhoo aid.org

The colorful closing ceremony was held on 5th February where the skills building groups presented their work. Apart from these stunning cultural dances from Afghanistan was presented by Afghan students in Pune. One participant from each country spoke on the experience from the camp in which all of them described the camp as a fruitful program. In this regard HAD‟s Director – Program Development Mr. Hussain Fayaz stated that the knowledge and experiences he got from the camp were valuable and he would utilize it in bringing developments to his community. He also called upon South Asian countries to work against global warming which is related to Maldivian‟s right to live

International Conference on Engaging Youth in Crime Prevention

Two representatives from Huvadhoo Aid participated in the International Conference on engaging youth in crime prevention conducted in Kulaur Lumpur, Malaysia .The two representatives were Mr. Ahmed Ameez, Assistant Executive Director and Mr. Abdhulla Areesh,Director Finance and Adiministration. Honourable Minister of State for Human Resource Youth and Sports , Mr. Mohamed Rasheed Hussain also partcipated from Maldives.

Executive Director participated in the Human Right NGO Network meeting

Executive Director, Mr. Imad Mohamed has participated in the NGO Network meeting held on 7-8 August 2010 by Human Right Commission of Maldives. Mr. Imad has announced the Empowering Youth Human Right NGOs project during the meeting and call for collaboration and cooperation between civil society organizations based in Southern Atolls. He has also mentioned Huvadhoo Aid‟s willingness to support Human Right Commission of the Maldives, and members of NGO Network.

Huvadhoo Aid in 2010 © Ahmed Ameez, Asst Executive Director www.huvadhoo aid.org The main objective of this meeting is to discuss and resolve ways in which HRCM can assist the member of the NGO Network in their work, how NGOs can support HRCM‟s works and how the member NGOs can collaborate with each other. In addition to this, HRCM informed the participants on various human rights related topics.

Human Right NGO Networks is a network created by Human Right Commission of Maldives in 2009 which currently has more than 45 NGOs.

Huvadhoo Aid participated in workshop on Consolidating Democracy and Human Rights through Empowerment of Civil Society

Two members from Huvadhoo Aid participated in three day training workshop titled “Consolidating Democracy and Human Rights through Empowerment of Civil Society” from the 27th to the 29th of September, conducted by Maldivian Democracy Network (MDN) in collaboration with the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) .

At the opening ceremony, two publications by MDN; the second edition of “Asaasee Hagguthakaai Minivankan” (“Basic Rights and Freedoms”) and the 2010 Maldives report to the Asian NGOs Network on National Human Rights Institutions (ANNI) entitled „Needing to Scale the Communication Barrier‟ was launched by the UN‟s Special Advisor on Social Cohesion and Governance Mr. Ferdinand Von Habsburg.

The participants of the workshop were provided with an overview of the national mechanism on democracy and human rights including the National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) as well as the UN Mechanism and their role in defending democracy and human rights. The participants also took part in developing a strategy to contribute in consolidation of democracy and human rights in the Maldives. The interactive training drew out numerous issues of concern to those working in the human rights field in the Maldives and provided an opportunity for participants to share their thoughts on how challenges could be overcome and to also share success stories from the field.

The workshop was attended by MDNs atoll based Human Rights Defenders (HRDs), local Human Rights NGOs, Staff from the Police Integrity Commission and staff from the Human Rights Commission of the Maldives.

Huvadhoo Aid in 2010 © Ahmed Ameez, Asst Executive Director www.huvadhoo aid.org Huvadhoo Aid participated in the Workshop on civil society development (18-20 October 2010)‏

Huvadhoo Aid participated in the workshop on civil society development organized by UNDP Maldives, held in Male, from 18th to 20th October 2010. The three days workshop is to provide a conceptual guideline to NGOs on the subject of human rights, good governance, gender equality and youth development. In addition, the workshop includes sessions on NGO Management, Project Formulation, Monitoring & Evaluation and Budget Formulation. The purpose of the workshop is to provide guidance to NGOs for the Support to Civil Society Development Project of UNDP.

Three members of Huvadhoo Aid participate in the South Asian Youth Summit on Climate Change- Colombo Sri Lanka

Three members of the Huvadhoo Aid, including the Executive Director, Imad Mohamed participated in the three-day “South Asian Youth Summit on Climate Change 2010 (SAYSoCC10)” held on 27-30th October 2010 in Colombo. The summit was organized by the regional network of South Asian climate organizations.

Five Maldivian delegates attended the summit as a member of local NGO, Maldivian Youth Climate Network (MYCN), since MYCN represents Maldives at the summit.

The summit was ended on 30th October 2010 with cooperative step against the various climate change issues faced by South Asia. Maldives would benefit from the summit as information and experiences were shared by the youth from different countries.

The South Asian Youth Summit on Climate Change (SAYSoCC) is a platform that aims to bring together young people from across South Asia in contributing all that they can to the collective global effort to redress the climate crisis and environmental degradation. SAYSoCC is a joint-project of the South Asian Youth Climate Movement (SAYCM), which is a consortium of youth-driven organizations in South Asia that work to address climate change and other environmental issues in the region. Afghanistan, India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka are the eight nations that will be working on this endeavor.

Huvadhoo Aid in 2010 © Ahmed Ameez, Asst Executive Director www.huvadhoo aid.org Huvadhoo Aid participated in the “NGO Capacity Development Workshop on Proposal Development”

Huvadhoo Aid participated in the “NGO Capacity Development Workshop on Proposal Development” organized and facilitated by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) , on 31st October and 1st November 2010, at UN Building, Male‟.

This programme is aims to strengthen capacity of NGOs working in this field, and identifying NGOs who will be as implementing partners to initiate/strengthen comprehensive community based approaches towards drug use prevention, treatment and care services for the drug using communities and their co-dependents.

The workshop was inaugurated by Vice President of Maldives, Dr. Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik. Speaking to inaugurate the workshop Dr Mohamed Waheed said active participation of civil society organisations was vital for the efforts to combat and prevent drug abuse in the Maldives.

Vice President Dr Waheed added that the current drug prevention programme was formulated with the intention of providing more assistance to NGOs to increase their financial and technical capacities to strengthen and widen their participation in preventing drug abuse and rehabilitating addicts back into the society.

The two-day workshop that began yesterday is a part of UNODC technical cooperation project – “Strengthening the national response to combat drug abuse in the Maldives” – which was signed between UNODC and the government on 19 January 2010. The project is funded by the European Union

“Training on prevention, treatment and care/rehabilitation of drug use/users” Chennai India

Two members from Huvadhoo Aid participated in “Training on prevention, treatment and care/rehabilitation of drug use/users” workshop conducted in Chennai, India from 13 December 2010 to 17 December 2010. This workshop was conducted to the the NGOs which were funded by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to conduct 1 year drug prevention and rehabilitation project in the islands next year. The workshop was organised by TTK hospital in partnership with Drug Prevention and Rehabilitation Services (DDPRS) Maldives and European Union. NGOs will commence the project in January 2011.

In the year 2010 many efforts had been put for the institutional development. Financial management structure had been reviewed and formulated in an accountable way. This had been followed and it was very successful. The whole administration and programme co-ordination structure was changed, enhancing young volunteers to take leadership in various programmes with the support of the seniors. Consultations with stakeholders became a prime tool for formulating projects and conducting programmes. Consultation with Stakeholders Restructuring of HAD was at the heart of the instituitional Development. Under the restruction process the name of Hoadedhdhoo Association for Development had been changed to Huvadhoo Aid from 3 May 2010. Inauguration of the HAD Volunteers Co is a new mile stone in the development of HAD. Our goal is to reach to a third generation NGO by next year. Consultation with NGOS and Govt. Institutions in Fiyoaree

Infrastructure Development

Strting HAD Accommodation Block

The work of the second phase of HAD‟s Resource Centre comprising of a seminar room and accommodation block is in progress. The work of two storey accommodation block is in progress. 25 percent of the mason work had already been completed. The main challenge to the speed of work is the unavailability of our members due to busy work schedule at their job. The first phase of the Resource centre was completed in 2008 in which the organisation‟s administrative office had been constructed under Community Organisation Development Council (CODC) funding. The second phase is funded by NZAID

HAD‟s seminar room is the main venue for the training programmes, meetings and forums. Since we conduct atoll level programmes the upgrading of seminar room started by late February especially for preparing for the mega event “Go Hoadedhdhoo Friendship Camp. The incomplete walls on the sides were built and the seminar room was fully plastered by mid- June. All the works were done by our skillful members. Number of The seminar room is used by other institutions as well.

Upgrading HAD BIZ

HAD BIZ, the business branch of Huvadhoo Aid had been upgraded in the year 2010. The building is also used as the p roject Implementation Unit. A store room was made to store the goods of HAD BIZ which was previously sored in small room in a house of one of our members. The outer wall is of HAD BIZ is being plastered and painted. This building is now used as the office of HAD Volunteers Co as well

Internships

Huvadhoo Aid‟s Director Programme Development, Huvadhoo Aid Mr. Hussain Fayaz left for a 10 month internship in Transparency International Bangladesh. Before joining the TIB Team in DAKA. Mr Fayaz attended a month long training session in Bangkok, Thailand. Now he is working in TIB. Eventhough he is in Bangladesh we get lot of support from him in our various programmes

Huvadhoo Aid in 2010 © Ahmed Ameez, Asst Executive Director www.huvadhoo aid.org Success in the NGO Sector Executive Director elected as the Vice President of Maldives NGO Federation

HAD‟s Executive Director Mr. Imad Mohamed has been elected as the vice president of Maldives NGO Federation (MNF) in the annual meeting held in Holiday Inn from 18th March to 20th March .He won the election by defeating Mohamed Zuhair from VINARES by 13 votes to 9 votes. Maldives NGOs Federation comprises of 42 NGOs from Male‟ and the Islands in a vision of developing social development area as a separate sector. In the annual meeting apart from electing members to the council a strategic plan was formulated for the upcoming 5 years.

Behind our Success

The main asset we have is our valuable members especially the active members. The Executive Committee had played a significant role in all the programmes and projects of Huvadhoo Aid and we are proud of our Executive Director‟s visionary and wisdom. Our programmes would not have been conducted without the participants. The participants and the people of different islands of Huvadhoo atoll and their support is drifted us towards success. The stake holders and especially partner NGOs played an important role in our programmes. We are extremely thankful to the donors and the government of Maldives. Insha Allah Huvadhoo Aid will succeed in it‟s journey